Using Lenovo P510 (Xeon E5-2650)

[mvadu]

Hello nice people, I am a new member but been following this forum for a long time. I want to setup a local NAS for just personal use. Just few PCs backup, few docker/k8 containers and few lxc containers. So TreuNAS scale kind of fits all the requirements. In the hardware area, I know based on the recommendation articles SuperMicro motherboards are recommended but given my prior history with Lenovo I kind of like their systems. I am seeing a good price (~$400 CAD) for used Lenovo P510 towers. The hardware spec looks like:
CPU - Intel Xeon E5-2650 v4 (12 core, 24 threads, supports up to 1.5TB)
Memory - 32GB ECC DDR4 2400 RAM
GPU - Quadro 2000

Mother board has option for 4 3.5 drives (or 8 2.5 drives) and has option to add few more using what they call flex bays. Given my needs (and drives with 10TB+ available) I doubt i would go any further.

Given above what do you think this server for TreuNAS Scale?

 

[mvadu]

@mods please move this to https://www.truenas.com/community/forums/hardware-and-upgrades.155/ I should have posted it under Scale subforum.

 

[ChrisRJ]

If there is no RAID controller in there, and if the machine has an Intel NIC, I would say it looks good. The CPU is likely more than you need, but is a luxury problem ;-)

 

[mvadu]

If there is no RAID controller in there, and if the machine has an Intel NIC, I would say it looks good. The CPU is likely more than you need, but is a luxury problem ;-)

yeah, the NIC is Intel i218LM

 

[HoneyBadger]

Welcome! As requested, your thread has a new home in the SCALE section.

The Lenovo P-series workstations, along with their Dell and HP counterparts (Precision T5810/T7810, HP Z440/Z640/Z840) do a fine job as a general-purpose server, with the caveat that they require a standalone GPU for console output - but you might be able to leverage the M2000 for applications in SCALE.

They can be a little light on the drive bays count compared to a traditional "server" chassis (eg: Lenovo TD350, Dell T630, HP ML350 Gen9) and lack hot-swap capabilities, but they do often come at a significant discount and can have better acoustics. Monitor your drive temperatures closely if you use "unconventional means" to add more drive slots, such as 5.25" bay adapters.

Cheers!